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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Nobel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has plummeted Africa into its prime recession in 25 years, the African Union (AU) Thursday underscored the desire to discourse challenges of African integration to expedite the economic convalescence of the African landmass. The 55-member pan-African bloc, since July 7, has been commemorating Africa Integration Day under the theme, “The Role of Continental Integration in Accelerating African Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic”, according to an AU statement on. The statement said, the total loss of Africa’s GDP is calculated at between $145 and $190 billion with worrying predictions that 39 million more people could be hoisted into radical poverty if serious...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The National President of the Potato Farmers Association of Nigerian (POFAN), Daniel Okafor, asserted this development in a talk with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday July 12th, 2021 in Minna. “We have signed agreements with some firms to boost potato production in Nigeria to meet local and foreign demands,’’ Okafor mumbled. He told that 280,000 registered growers in the Nigeria were into the cultivation and processing of potatoes. He expanded that, a lot of planters were into the cultivation of the product because of its financial and health potency. “Potato flour can be use to bake cake, bread and biscuits. Potato can also be use to make juice, puree, and chips, while the peels can be used to...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Southern African country strives to deter gold smuggling according to, Central Bank Governor John Mangudya. He revealed that administration is developing regulation that will stimulate small-scale gold miners to enroll their operations. “Government is in the process of putting a statutory instrument for all the gold producers, just like what we do under tobacco where there is a grower’s number,” Mangudya told lawmakers in the capital, Harare at a virtual briefing on Monday. “We need to ensure that they do not take the gold out of the country.” The administration maintains a record of tobacco agriculturalist enrolled with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board to oversee the industry. Zimbabwe’s gold...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Graphite miner, Lindi Jumbo Limited will subsidize $32 million in the generation of graphite minerals, which shall enable to generate hundreds of jobs at its Ruangwa site in Lindi Region. The mineral is utilized for several objectives comprising making pencils whose market is huge and endless. Substantial enterprise will commence in 2022 next, the company’s Administrative Assistant – Frederick Malima, announced July 08th, 2021. He advised The Citizen at the 45th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) that over 500 immediate and subtle jobs will be established. The corporation will obviously dwell by Tanzania’s Local Content Law that strives to assure that Tanzanians benefit from the project. The...